RELEASE (VERB OR NOUN)

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Today we will answer a question from one of our readers, Christian. Christian wrote...
"I would like to know the possible meanings for the word release, which I find quite difficult to understand in some sentences."

RELEASE
Meaning 1: to let someone (a person or an animal) leave a place where they have been kept.

Example 1:
The state governor has decided to release thirty prisoners from jail.

Example 2:
Don't release the dog from its leash (correa). It's forbidden to do so.

Example 3:
The kidnappers wanted $500,000 for the release of their hostage.

You can sometimes hear this verb in love songs. For example, "Please release me." In this sense the verb means I feel imprisoned by you. Please let me go.

Tomorrow we will look at some more meanings of release.

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